Broadcast DetailsShow:
3rd DegreeEpisode Title: Testing Positive For Steroids
Date: Tuesday, 4 July, 2006
Time: 20h00
Channel: eTV
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An Olympic silver medalist tests positive for steroids; a promising young athlete banned for life. These are just two of the fourteen South African runners that have been exposed in doping scandals in the last year. Once a darling of South African athletics, Hezekiel Sepeng now faces an uncertain future.
With no endorsements and his chances of competing in the next Olympics in doubt, Sepeng’s promising career may be over.
This week 3rd Degree investigates just how easy it is for athletes to get their hands on steroids, and we ask why the Medicine Control Council has been so slow to respond to this crisis.